The South Central Regional Library, Louisville, KY, is LEED Gold certified; the Advanced Learning Library branch of the Wichita Public Library, KS, has an outdoor reading terrace; at the core of the $2.6 million remodel of the White Plains Public Library, is The Hub

Getting mixed-use from the Seeley G. Mudd Library, Northwestern University; the material solution of choice for the University of Arkansas Library Annex, Fayetteville; updating a modernist structure at the Alcuin Library, St. John’s University, Collegeville, MN

The Mitchell Street Branch of the Milwaukee Public Library, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places; the new Tukwila Library, King County Library System, WA, also houses public art; the Sewell Mill Library and Cultural Center, Marietta, GA, combines 31,000 square feet with a Maker space and a black box theater; the Arthenia L. Joyner University Area Community Library, Tampa, FL, partners with a magnet school; Oahu can boast a new member to its statewide Hawaiian system with the opening of the Nanakuli Public Library

The transformed 45-year-old Nash Library & Student Learning Commons, Gannon University; the Bizzell Memorial Library–Zarrow Family Faculty and Graduate Student Center, University of Oklahoma, Norman, presents a new creative experience; the Idea Lab at DeWitt Wallace Library, Macalester College, St. Paul, is a Maker space and collaboration hub; The $29.3 million renovation of the Auraria Library, University of Colorado, Denver, has a noise-free environment.

The centerpiece of the Spielman Children’s Library, Port Washington, NY, serves as wayfinding; the theme of the Route 9 Library, New Castle, DE, is based on a local landmark tree; long clear span trusses eliminate columns in the new Five Forks Branch, Simpsonville, SC; the Richland Library Cooper, Columbia, SC, speaks to the patron base of mostly retirees and young families

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